(X)HTML5 Tracking - the removal of Ogg Theora from HTML5
ogg December 12th, 2007Here the link to the changelog on the specs:
<h5>Video and audio codecs for <code>video</code> elements</h5> <p>User agents may support any video and audio codecs and container formats.</p> - <p>User agents should support Ogg Theora video and Ogg Vorbis audio, - as well as the Ogg container format. <a - href=”#refsOggTheora”>[THEORA]</a> <a - href=”#refsOggVorbis”>[VORBIS]</a> <a href=”#refsOgg”>[OGG]</a></p> - <!– (it’s not a MUST because some vendors may have legal reasons - why they can’t or won’t support it, and there’s no point making them - non-conforming when they have no choice in the matter) –> + <p class=”big-issue”>It would be helpful for interoperability if all + browsers could support the same codecs. However, there are no known + codecs that satisfy all the current players: we need a codec that is + known to not require per-unit or per-distributor licensing, that is + compatible with the open source development model, that is of + sufficient quality as to be usable, and that is not an additional + submarine patent risk for large companies. This is an ongoing issue + and this section will be updated once more information is + available.</p> <!– XXX mention that this spec doesn’t require native support or plugin support, either is fine –> <p class=”note”>Certain user agents might support no codecs at all, e.g. text browsers running over SSH connections.</p>